MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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